Gaspar García Laviana
Spanish theologian (1941–1978)
Gaspar García Laviana (November 8, 1941 – December 11, 1978) was a Spanish Catholic priest who took up arms to fight as a soldier in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in 1977.
Early life
García Laviana was born in 1941 in Les Roces, San Martin del Rey Aurelio, Principality of Asturias (Spain), moving during his childhood to Tuilla, Langreo. He was ordained a priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) in 1966. Thereafter, he took charge of a church in Logroño for three years, working at the same time as a carpenter.
Missionary in Nicaragua
In 1969, García Laviana arrived in Nicaragua as a missionary priest. Through his missionary work with Pedro Regalado in the parishes of San Juan del Sur and Tola in the department of Rivas, García Laviana worked closely with the Nicaraguan peasants and was intimately aware of the many hardships they faced. He joined other progressive Christians in concientización (or awareness raising) in poor rural communities around the country.
Activism against social injustice
García Laviana happened to arrive in a country where a revolution was in the making. His work as a missionary inevitably led him to side with the poor and join the revolutionary process. His loud complaints about the neglect of the poor, including sit-ins in government offices, caught the attention of Anastasio Somoza's administration.
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